Thursday, February 5, 2026

Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes with Junior Wells - PBS Soundstage, WTTW Studios, Chicago, IL, 10-12-1979

Here's another album from the "PBS Soundstage" TV show. This one stars Southside Johnny and the Ashbury Jukes. It also features blues great Junior Wells as a guest star. Wells sang and played his harmonica on two songs in the middle of the show, plus another one near the end.

I wanted to use the intro to the band's Wikipedia entry, but it's very badly written. It defines the band almost entirely in terms of their connections to Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band. And while it's true they had a lot of links to that band, they have been a fine band in their own right as well.

Here's the Wikipedia entry anyway: 

Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes - Wikipedia 

The popularity of the band peaked in the late 1970s, in my opinion. So this is a good time for this concert. At the time, I believe Little Steven Van Zandt was still one of the band's two main leaders and songwriters, along with Southside Johnny. Van Zandt left the band in 1980, probably due to his commitments to being a member of the E Street Band. 

Junior Wells is very famous in the blues world. He's especially known for his collaboration with Buddy Guy over several decades, with Wells playing harmonica and Guy playing lead guitar.

Here's his Wikipedia entry:

Junior Wells - Wikipedia 

This album is 59 minutes long. 

01 All I Want Is Everything [Edit] (Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes)
02 Your Reply (Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes)
03 talk (Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes)
04 Living in the Real World (Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes)
05 I'm So Anxious (Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes)
06 talk (Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes)
07 Little by Little (Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes with Junior Wells)
08 Hoodoo Man (Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes with Junior Wells)
09 I Don't Want to Go Home (Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes)
10 Paris (Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes)
11 Trapped Again (Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes)
12 Vertigo (Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes)
13 Bring It on Home to Me (Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes)
14 Havin' a Party (Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes)
15 Messin' with the Kid (Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes with Junior Wells)
16 Hearts of Stone (Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes)

https://pixeldrain.com/u/QfLwpvZR

alternate:

https://bestfile.io/dy4MNN7jhWnt2XG/file

The cover photo is a screenshot I took from this exact video. Junior Wells is the one wearing a hat. 

1 comment:

  1. WOW I need more SSJ shows! Thank you.

    PS: Can I say that the guy in the picture is definitely not Southside?

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